170SharesPale and swollen-faced, half-shaved, bruised, with a stitched skull and the rest of the body covered in a white sheet. This is the state of the almost unidentifiable corpse of one of the most outspoken, bold and personable politicians, Usman Kakar, of the Pashtuns in Pakistan and beyond. According to Mr. Kakar’s son, Khushal Kakar, […]
Yesterday after a long and tiring day, I started reading PTM activist Alamzeb Mehsud’s book I am not the Accused, I am the Complainant, which was banned in Pakistan soon after its publication late last year. Luckily, I got a scanned copy of the book from a friend. I finished two chapters yesterday and resumed […]
477SharesOn the freezing afternoon of 29 January, I joined a group of protesters at the Pakistan consulate in New York. We had assembled to protest against the arrest of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen which had taken place two days ago in Peshawar, Pakistan. PTM is an anti-war, nonviolent movement led by […]